As we move towards the end of the Millennium Development Goals, the global discourse is inching towards an agenda for development grounded in the three pillars of sustainability. Over the last five years, DA has been contributing to this debate through various reports, workshops, projects focusing on Green Economy and promotion of sustainable livelihoods. In the last two years, as part of the Independent Research Forum (www.irf2015.org), the team at DA, has been providing inputs for what the post-2015 Development Framework could look like.

Some of our interesting work includes:

Managing and Conserving the Natural Resource-Base for Sustained Economic Growth: This report for the International Resource Panel (www.unep.org/resourcepanel), emphasised the need to mainstream resource constraints in the sustainable development agenda.

Mainstreaming Alternative Perspectives...Towards Sustainable Economies (www.map-sa.net): An initiative led by DA, supported by five other civil society organisations, essentially looks at identifying, documenting and mapping new economy ideas and businesses from within the country, while upholding the principles of sustainable development.

Decoupling and Green Growth: An initiative led by the Indo-German Expert Group focusing primarily on the ways in which we can decouple natural resources from economic growth.

Post-2015 Development Priorities for the South Asian Region: A report prepared by DA, highlights the need to set the agenda for the region, focusing on the needs and strengths of the respective countries.

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, are a set of 17 aspirational Goals with 169 targets, committed by 193 member states of the United Nations. SDGs promise to be truly transformative in the sense that they integrate the health of the planet and human prosperity in many ways. India has had a remarkable economic growth in the previous decades and prospects in terms of the growth rate looks promising in years ahead.

On the 16th of February, 2016, the Government of Assam released the Assam 2030 in light of SDGs – Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Assam. The document defines the ambition of the state to ensure the health, happiness, prosperity and wellbeing of each and every citizen of Assam, as also on the conservation and preservation of the State's unique bio-diversity, which is critical for the sustainable development and economic growth of Assam.

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International NGO work is crucial in campaigns that mobilize citizens at the community and national levels. Currently, NGOs are critical contributors in global efforts to achieve the UNs Millennium Development Goals.